Excerpts from Village of Buffalo Grove on Facebook:

At the recent village board meeting, Fire Chief Larry Kane presented a unit citation for bravery to members of Tower Ladder 25 (from L to R): Lieutenant Daniel Downey, Firefighter Phillip Schroeder and Firefighter Kyle Ditthardt.

 

On August 14, they responded to a mutual aid call for a structure fire with trapped occupants at an apartment building in Arlington Heights. Upon arriving, they located and rescued several occupants from the balconies on the back of the structure.

 

After rescuing these individuals, Lieutenant Downey and Firefighter Schroeder entered the building and completed a search while facing high heat and heavy smoke, where they found no additional occupants. Their teamwork and quick thinking had a positive outcome on the lives of four individuals.

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